"You are a number, not a human being": Israeli breast cancer patients' experiences with the medical establishment

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-252

  Sered, Susan ^a   Tabory, Ephraim ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Language; Relationship; Total institution

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMANISM; ISRAEL; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANISM; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ISRAEL; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 0033143897     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1999.13.2.223     Document Type: Article

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